Re: Emacs Customization - newbie's question

[amh]

I would recommend against purchasing this book.  For one, as already
mentioned, its outdated.  Two, all of the info in it can be found online
and believe me, there is not alot to this book.  The "Writing GNU Emacs
Extensions" isnt worth it either.

http://rgrjr.dyndns.org/emacs/emacs_cheat.html

Thats a good place to start, check out the emacs wiki too.  The Oreilly
books are a waste of money and paper IMO


> <snip>
>> I'm a newbie to Emacs. I tried to read the Emacs manual but it looks
>> so  complicated to me. So asking here is a better way for me, I think.
> </snip>
>
> Check out O'reilly's /Learning GNU Emacs/.  And, no, don't be a dunce
> and pay $30 + tax for it at Barnes and Noble -- go to www.alibris.com
> and search for it -- you'll pay about $7 (including shipping) for it.
> It'll cost less then the reams of paper which take up the emacs manual.
> And it's perfect for noobs.
>
> BTW, the 2nd edition covers emacs 19, not 21.  The only discrepency I
> came across was when I typed M-x kill-buffer I was told by emacs in the
> minibuffer that "That command now works with C-x k".
>
> -Dan
>
>
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